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advance

/ədˈvæns/uhd-VANS
/ədˈvæns/uhd-VANS

Meaningbefore

Common meaning: move forward

Journey through time

  1. Frenchavant‘before’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsbefore → to go forwardavancer‘to go forward’source
  3. Middle Englishavancensource
  4. Englishadvance‘move forward’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French avant ‘before’.

Roots

  • avant French “before”

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